I agree with everything you say, and especially...
" I suggest everyone learn how to plant and grow and at minimum, have an herb and spice garden with organic, non-hybrid seed, tailored for their needs."
I just did a blog entry based upon this excellent video, which I am sure you will appreciate. I already have my non hybrid seeds which I bought from here, and I plan to start doing this when I work out the best method. The gardening methods you see in the video from about 32 minutes on may surprise you. It has made me rethink my plan to dig. For the harm digging does, look at the point where they show a video clip at 25 minutes. I think I need to read a little more before I plant those seeds.